Have you ever had that nasty, ugly critical inner voice rear its ugly head?

I know I sure have. She always seems to have something critical to say whenever I think about creating a product, writing a blog post, doing a video…and the list goes on. I’ve been working really hard on keeping her at bay! And it’s perfect timing that I came across a post by Maritza Parra all about that inner critic and overcoming it. Unfortunately I was a bit bummed to find out it was a video but she drew me in when I read this:

Here’s a super simple, YET effective tip to help you become more conscious of those habitual negative critic tapes so that you can tap into the possibilities instead of allowing those tapes to run wild. When your inner critic takes over, it can show up as procrastination, perfectionism, self-judgement (and seriously judging others), all blocks to success.

So I couldn’t click the play button fast enough after that. It was a super quick video (just over a minute) so that made me happy. And the tip she gives, is a great idea.